ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,782, issued on March 11, was assigned to SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Shock wave electrodes" was invented by Hoa D. Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.) and John M. Adams (Snohomish, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein shock wave catheters comprising one or more shock wave electrodes for cracking calcifications located within blood vessels. In some variations, a shock wave catheter has first and second shock wave electrodes each circumferentially disposed over the outer surface of the catheter. In certain variations, the first electrode has a recess and the second electrode has a protrusion that is received ...